Submillimeter scale variation of oxygen isotope of vein quartz at the Hishikari deposit, Japan

Resource Geology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 141-150

  Hayashi, Ken Ichiro ^a   Maruyama, Tohru ^a   Satoh, Hisao ^a,b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gold mineralization; Hishikari deposit; Low sulfidation style; Magmatic water; Meteoric water; Oxygen isotope

Indexed keywords

GOLD; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; METEORIC WATER; MINERALIZATION; ORE-FORMING FLUID; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); QUARTZ VEIN;

JAPAN;

EID: 0041349440     PISSN: 13441698     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-3928.2000.tb00064.x     Document Type: Article

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